BOGOTA
Colombia (AP) - Colombia's government is dropping a proposed judicial change
that would have let military judges decide whether soldiers should be tried for
alleged rights abuses. Human rights groups have opposed the measure. Justice
Minister Carlos Esguerra said Full
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CAIRO
(AP) - An international rights group on Saturday accused the Egyptian armed
forces of beating and torturing protesters arrested during antimilitary
demonstrations early this month, and said that by permitting such actions the
military "enables further Full
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MEXICO
CITY (AP) - Human rights groups were jubilant Friday after Mexico's Supreme
Court moved to turn military human rights violations over to civilian courts, a
blow to a military justice system accused of covering up cases of soldiers
abusing, torturing and executing Full
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COLUMBUS
Ohio (AP) - A former military colonel with a Somali security force dubbed the
"Gestapo of Somalia" by its critics was responsible for the torture
of a human rights advocate in the 1980s, a federal judge ruled Tuesday in a
decision that opens the door for a hearing on Full
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